Mariah’s High Note; Explained
Contributed by Heavenchampagne:
Let me set the record straight on many rumors and supposedly facts on Mariah Carey’s voice. Mariah Carey’s high note in the live rendition of the Star Spangled Banner was a B6. It’s not a G7# like many say. Mariah Carey’s highest note was a live performance of Emotions at the Grammy Awards. I believe they also showed this amazing feat. on MTV and MTV2 22 Greatest Voices. She was the #1 voice. In the song Emotions her high note in the recorded version on the album is a Eb6. But in her live performance she sang higher than that. Up to an F7#. That is her highest note in a live performance. If you want her highest note in recorded music. It’s from her first album Mariah Carey. Listen to the song, All In Your Mind… Her highest note is an F7. She sings the high note at the very end of the song as it’s ending. So there’s your proof for her highest note in a Live or Recorded version of her songs.
Now If you want to know that the Guiness Book of World Records is wrong. They say Yma Sumac holds the record for posessing a four-octave vocal range. The widest range ever known to man. But Mariah Carey’s range is actually more than that. Her range was reported to be 8 octaves. Which obviously isn’t true. If she had 8 octaves that means she would be able to sing the lowest note on the piano a C1 [Which is Bass 2 range. {Most guys about 95% in the world can't even sing}...] And then she would not have to sing a G7#. She would have to sing higher than that. Which is a C8. The highest note on the piano. [No one in the world known or not known can sing that note. It has said that only one person probably ever in the history of man-kind could come even close to that. {Which is by my facts Mariah Carey. She sings a F7#. Which is 3 and a half steps away from the highest note on the piano}...] Which isn’t far. the notes are C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B… and then it repeats to C… and so on… So here is a visual scale of her highest note from the live rendition of the Star Spangled Banner to the live rendition of Emotions and Recorded version of All In Your Mind. B6 (Live Highest note supposedly a G7#… Not true), C7, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#7 (Live/recorded highest note), G, Ab, A, Bb, B, [C8] – (The highest note on the piano.
Now back to the answer. Mariah Carey’s octave range is four octaves and two notes. She sings from a D3 all the way up to her highest note which is a F7#. That’s the world record. So Yma Sumac doesn’t hold the record.
Also Mariah Carey’s voice is truly a medical wonder. Her high notes she sings is b/c she has a whistle register. Which is extrememly rare. And I mean rare. Being that the dolphine is the only mammal alive that can hit a note as high her. Now in full-voice Mariah has a 3 octave range. But w/ her whistle register she can sing higher than four octaves. My proof is listen to her live rendition of My Saving Grace from the Soul Train Music Awards from this year. There’s your proof. Aight I gotta go. Just wanted you to know the facts. Bu-bye Now my lowest note is a C2 and my highest note is a G6. My octave range is four octaves and four notes. And I can prove it. The piano as my proof. Anyways. I just wanted you to know the facts about her voice.
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September 4th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Georgia Brown has an 8 ocatave range. FACT! She can sing notes G2 to G10. The largest and highest vocal range known to man. Also since this was article Mariah Carey has released several new albums in which she belts whistle register far higher than in ‘Emotions’ and ‘All in your Mind’.
September 30th, 2008 at 2:42 am
actually i believe it is 4 octaves and 5 notes if you include all material leading up to her most recent effort, E=MC2. check out this vid i just watched: youtube.com/watch?v=yTaBP-J3NxQ
October 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
No…mariah has a dead solid 5 octave range G2-G#7….The Live Rendition of Emotions was actually a G#7…
November 16th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Wrong! Her LIVE vocal range displayed up to this day IS, in fact and indeed, EXACTLY 5 octaves…not even one semitone more nor less. The lowest note she reached was a G#2 during an interview when she did a lil’ vocal run with her low register, going down to that note. In a live performance, for the song “Yours”, in a tv show in UK she went down to A2. On the “You And I” live performance she went down to Bb2 a few times…not to mention she sustained with vibrato several times C#3 and Eb3 notes throughout this same performance. Her highest note was G#7 on the 1991 live performance of Emotions for the MTV Awards. She also did G7 and F#7 notes in several other live performances of “Emotions”.
G#2 – G#7…no gaps in between = precisely and accurately 5 octaves..
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
this article is totally crap and outdated
her highest note is a G7 but on arsenio hall rendition of emotions and a G7 on the mtv vma rendition of emiotons. Her range is/was lager than four octaves and two notes, search another place on the net
whistle register isn’t that rare even guys have, however good whistle register(and ones that are that high as mariah’s) are rare
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 am
all of you just shut up!! the only proof is let mariah sing her lowest and highest live! so that can figure
January 4th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Some things here are true, but the highest note it s in fact a Gsharp, and it wasn t on the arsenio hall. For me it seems she didn t sing the note she wanted to , was higher, and then sounds like a Gsharp.
She has at least almost 5 octaves range. 4 and a major 6th.
There are people who can sing the last C of the piano AND higher, as Adam Lopez, you can see it on youtube. Georgia Browns too.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:09 am
well, guys the only thing that we can do is to listen to her songs not to fight because of it, but allow me to criticize, she can hit high notes, yes it’s true but can marriah sing infront of you nd give her best…. hehehe..lol
February 19th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
You won’t believe me but who cares… I’m sad I never tested myself back when I sang. I could do at LEAST five octaves. Now I’m only 4.3 or something like that.
A lot of people have whistle registers btw. They just sing opera. Opera teaches you how to sing like that. Impressive for a pop star but listen to the real divas… divine. Cary is not so impressive anymore.
May 12th, 2009 at 4:17 am
I LOVE MARIAH CAREY! I HATE GEORGIA BROWN(cuz she is a freak, not a singer). Enough said.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Well…I liked the article. Georgia Brown…can she really be all that bad?
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
if it she can’t sing eight octaves, who cares that she can sing five? WHO CARES? WHO CARES? bet you can guess who doesn’t. No one wants to steal her spotlight. Georgia sounds cool I’m going to see how good she is for myself.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
“They just sing opera. Opera teaches you how to sing like that. Impressive for a pop star but listen to the real divas… divine. Cary is not so impressive anymore.”
says Meower
imagine is she had become a diva they would teach her more to what she already had. If she had learned to use her voice properly, I bet she could’ve beat Georgia’s record and her voice would endure forever. Those opera folks really have voices that endure.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:34 am
MARIA IS A GREAT SINGER NO ONE “”"”"”CAN ////FIGHT HER
VOICE/////EVEN
ALL DIVAS.THEY CANNT MAKE MARIA CARRREY EASILY BRING’S DOWN.I LVE MARIA CARREY/////????????
October 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Mariah defiantly does NOT hold the world record for the highest note, how is this possible when you said she only had a 4 octave range? And her lowest was an A2? I have a 4 octave range! Mariah has at least 5. “the dolphin is the only mammal alive that can hit a note as high as her.” BULL SH** and u spelled dolphin wrong. You must be a fan, your claims are ridiculous. I love Mariah, but if she read this even she would say its bull sh**.